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enAt U.N., India's Modi Discusses Pakistan, Terrorism, And Peacehttp://wmot.org/post/un-indias-modi-discusses-pakistan-terrorism-and-peace
Saying his country is prepared to resume peace talks with Pakistan, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the U.N. General Assembly Saturday that the discussion must take place "without the shadow of terrorism."<p>Modi spoke at the U.N. one day after Pakistan's prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, criticized India's withdrawal from recent talks over the contested region of Kashmir in his speech to the assembly Friday.Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:53:00 +0000Julie McCarthy43869 at http://wmot.orgAt U.N., India's Modi Discusses Pakistan, Terrorism, And PeaceIndia's Orbiter To Join NASA's Maven Around Mars — On A Shoestring http://wmot.org/post/look-out-maven-indias-mars-orbiter-closing
Anticipation is building in India over its rendezvous with Mars.<p>NASA erupted into cheers after confirmation Sunday night that its space probe MAVEN injected into the Martian orbit. NASA's success came two days ahead of a critical engine burn designed to place an Indian spacecraft around the Red Planet, in a project dubbed MOM, Mars Orbiter Mission.<p>Sleepless scientists conferring at the Space Center in Bangalore passed a crucial dry run Monday: a four-second fire-up of a Mars Orbiter engine that has been dormant in space for some 300 days. The moment of truth comes, says A.S.Mon, 22 Sep 2014 22:59:00 +0000Julie McCarthy43716 at http://wmot.orgIndia's Orbiter To Join NASA's Maven Around Mars — On A Shoestring India's Modi Calls Al-Qaida's Plans For His Country 'Delusional'http://wmot.org/post/indias-modi-calls-al-qaidas-plans-his-country-delusional
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said al-Qaida will fail to attract recruits among his country's Muslims.<p>Earlier this month, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/09/05/346122891/will-al-qaida-find-followers-in-india" target="_blank">al-Qaida said</a> it had created a new branch to bring Islamic rule to the entire Indian subcontinent.<p>Modi's remarks, his first in an interview to international media since his election in May, are his most forthcoming on the Islamist group and India's Muslims, many of whom doubted his commitment to religious minorities in Hindu-dominant, bFri, 19 Sep 2014 15:49:00 +0000Julie McCarthy43609 at http://wmot.orgIndia's Modi Calls Al-Qaida's Plans For His Country 'Delusional'Will Al-Qaida Find Followers In India?http://wmot.org/post/will-al-qaida-find-followers-india
After a year of silence, al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has exhorted his "Muslim brothers" to join a newly established South Asia faction that would "defend the vulnerable in the Indian subcontinent."<p>He listed Burma and Bangladesh, and specifically named three states in India — Assam, Gujarat and Kashmir. In disputed Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state — which is claimed by both Pakistan and India — an insurgency agitates for independence.Fri, 05 Sep 2014 20:21:00 +0000Julie McCarthy43112 at http://wmot.orgWill Al-Qaida Find Followers In India?Security Vs. Free Speech: India Blocks Film On Assassinationhttp://wmot.org/post/india-tries-find-fine-balance-between-censorship-and-public-safety
A new film projects a decidedly different perspective about one of the most convulsive episodes in India's modern age.<p><em>Kaum De Heere</em>, or <em>Diamonds of the Community</em>, looks at the 1984 assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi — through the lens of her assassins.<p>Producer Satish Katyal rejects the criticism that the film eulogizes Gandhi's killers. "It has a human angle," he says. "It's about their personal lives. Why did they suddenly commit this act?"<p>Gandi's assassins, Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, both Sikh, were also her bodyguards.Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:12:00 +0000Julie McCarthy42825 at http://wmot.orgSecurity Vs. Free Speech: India Blocks Film On Assassination